lots of good points.
(i agree Matt...lets not forget coyo is free.)

imho theres room in song creation for many diverse opinions re what sound pictures and sound choices are the correct ones.

i bet if you got various top music producers in a room to recommend what instruments should be in a song...
ie...song pre-production phase....there would be various opinions.

its sorta like different people in an art gallery looking at a well known picture. each person might have different perspectives.
eg i was in an art gallery once with friends looking at a picture. some of us liked it but some didnt.
some neither hated it or liked it.

in summary i'm not sure one can be definitive, human nature
being what it is. what is 'wow' for one person might not be for another. many times ive fallen fowl of the enigma.
such as thinking a particular wonderfull sound i had slaved over
people would love. only to be told by a 'normal music consumer'...
what happened to that 'ratty sound in the previous version...
i liked that much better.'..lol.
what i'm trying to say is what us song creators might think was a great sound...the normal music listener might not from my experience.

ie...its like anything in life we all have different tastes...
whether its houses or cars or anything else eg songs.
all i can say is many times ive found the 'mongrel dog sound' was preferred over other sounds. yep its weird.

i used to lie awake nights worrying if a song i was doing had some validity re sound picture etc or was it c**p until a producer in good ole usa said..
'just keep yourself happy and if other people like your song thats a bonus'. i found he was right. less stress that way.
one does the best one can and thats all one can do.

anyway my wife tears me a big one if i screw up a song...lol.

ps...i often wonder if pg might be successfull doing its own plugin like a tts-1 on stereoids etc with a ton of great patch settings.
and with each sound patch the user has a choice of the pristine sound or the mongrel alternative.
(ive still got in the basement a old loads of sounds roland midi unit from my midi madness days...lol....remember those ?)

PS...@Rob Helms.
yep mtstudio is pretty darn impressive for many reasons. i agree.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 10/07/24 06:08 PM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)